I thought it would be fun to take a different perspective on how to go about merging or acquiring a company…by focusing our undevided attention on how to fail at it. This article focuses mostly on the technology aspects and skips over Human Resources, Finance, and other non-technical areas. I will spend a little time on Operations, though…as Technology and Operations should be...
I was sparked by a couple things over the past few days, and they’re ultimately the reason for this post. In fact, I think the “Read, Listen, View” concept of this post just might end up being a recurring theme for my blog. A good read, a good listen, and a good view…all on similar or related topics. First…I’m NOT a fan of politics. Frankly, I’m amazed...
UPDATE 10.24.2008: The acquisition is 100% official, so I’m updating this post to be a little less anonymous regarding the buyer. I’ll post the press release when it comes out. So, the big news is that my company, Network Insight, was recently acquired by CenterBeam. The formal press release has been delayed (due out the week of 10/27/2008), so I won’t announce the buyer just...